How to Send Your Booking Page in an Instagram DM Automatically

You can send your booking page by Instagram DM automatically by attaching it to a keyword automation: someone comments BOOK, and about a second later they receive a DM with a link where they choose a service, pick a free slot and pay. In the Viralyze app the booking page, Google Calendar sync and the Auto-DM live together, so there is no copying links between tools.

This replaces the usual "DM me for slots" loop, where you reply by hand, suggest times, wait, and often lose the person.

What does the booking page need before I send it?

A service menu and a connected calendar. The page is built like a salon menu: main services with add-ons, and customers can pick more than one. Duration and price combine automatically.

For a nutrition coach the menu might look like this:

• Initial consultation, 45 minutes, Google Meet.
• Follow-up check-in, 20 minutes, phone.
• Add-on: 7-day meal plan PDF.

Choose a format per service: in person, Google Meet, phone, or WhatsApp call. Then connect Google Calendar once, pick which calendars block slots, and set buffers and days off, including partial days like "after 2 PM".

How do I attach the booking page to an Auto-DM?

1. Create a new automation on the reel where you talk about your sessions. 2. Add keywords: BOOK, SESSION, and a Hinglish variant like "slot chahiye". 3. In the DM content, select your booking page instead of a plain link. 4. Write one line above it, for example "Pick a time that suits you and you are confirmed once paid." 5. Test the keywords in the live tester and switch it on.

The link looks like shre.pro/yourname/book, and the commenter opens it straight from the DM.

Does the client pay before the slot is confirmed?

Yes, if you want it that way. Payment upfront can be taken by UPI or card, and also net banking, through an RBI-authorised payment aggregator. The slot is only held once payment clears, which removes no-shows from people who were never serious.

You decide whether clients can cancel themselves and until when. If a cancellation is allowed, the refund goes back automatically, so you are not handling it by hand.

What happens after someone books?

The booking goes to the calendar you chose, with two-way sync so a busy event elsewhere blocks that time in future. The client is invited to the calendar event, and for online sessions the invite carries a Google Meet link.

The confirmation page lets them add the session to their own calendar, reschedule, or cancel if you allowed it. WhatsApp reminders go out before the session. Every booking also becomes a contact in Viralyze, tagged with its source, so you can see that this client came from a specific reel.

Why is this better than putting the link in bio?

Because the DM arrives at the moment of interest. A viewer who comments BOOK is thinking about a session right now; by the time they visit your profile, tap the bio and scroll a link page, the moment has cooled.

You can keep the booking page in your bio too. The link-in-bio page in Viralyze updates itself and shows tap counts per link, so you can compare bio taps against DM clicks and see which route fills more slots.

Frequently asked questions

**Can I offer the booking page from story replies as well?** Yes. Set the trigger to story replies, so anyone who replies to a story with your keyword gets the booking DM.

**What if two people book the same slot at once?** The calendar sync holds the slot once payment goes through, and the second person sees it as unavailable.

**Can I send the booking page only to followers?** Turn on the follow-gate; non-followers get up to three polite nudges to follow, then the link, while existing followers get it immediately.

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